Extension car-step



v (No Model.)

W. W. BEEBE.

EXTENSION GAR STEP.

No. 438,463. Patented Oct. 14, 1890.

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\VILLIAM W. BEEBE, OF MALVERN, ARKANSAS.

EXTENSION CAR-STEP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 438,463, dated October 14, 1890.

Application filed May 24, 1890- Sen'al No. 353,006. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. BEEBE, of Malvern, in the county of Hot Spring and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and Improved Extension Car-Step, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved extension car-step which is simple and durable in construction, can be readily brought into use, and can be folded upon the fixed step to protect the latter.

The invention consists of an extension carstep pivotally connected by links with the insides of the side rails of the fixed or main steps, notches being formed in the side rails of the extension-step to engage the foot-boards of the main or fixed step.

The invention also consists in certain parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be described hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in. both the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement as folded on the main step, and Fig. 2 is a like View of the same as extended.

The improved extension car-step A is provided with the foot-boards B and C, secured in the usual manner to the side rails D and D, provided near their upper ends on the outside with pivot-pins E and E, respectively, engaging slots F and F, respectively, formed in links G and G, respectively, hung on pivots H and H, respectively, secured on the insides of the side rails I and I of the main or fixed car-step J, secured in the usual manner on each side of the platform of the car.

The main or fixed step J is provided with the usual foot-boards K, K, and K and the risers L and L, secured to the side railsI and 1, above mentioned. On the side rails D and D of the extension-stepAare formed notches N and N, of which the notches N are located under the foot-board B, while the other notches N are placed a suitable distance above and on the inner edges of the said side rails, so that when the extension car-step is folded, as shown in Fig. 1, the said notches N engage the projecting edge of the top foot-board K of the main or fixed step J, while the lower notches N engage the projecting edge of the second board K of the main step.

The foot-board O is provided with a curved recess near its middle at the rear edge, so as. to form a hand-hold to enable the operator to conveniently manipulate the extension can step. The foot-boards B and O of the exten- 6o sion-step rest on top of the foot-boards K and K of the main or fixed step, while the extension-step is folded, as is plainly shown in Fig.

'1. When the extension-step is in this position and the operator desires to extend the main or fixed step J, he pulls the extensionstep outward, so as to swing the latter downward, the links G and G permitting such movement, until the notches N drop onto the projecting edge of the lower foot-board K as is plainly shown in Fig. 2, thus firmly holding, in connection with the links G, the extension-step on the main or fixed step. It will be seen that when the extension-step is folded onto the main step, as shown in Fig. 1, the foot-boards B and B cover the foot-boards K and K so that the latter are protected and do not easily wear out. It will further be seen that the entire device is very simple and durable in construction and can be readily applied on the car-steps now in general use.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An extension car-step constructed to fit between the side rails of the main step with its foot-boards resting upon the foot-board of the main step and connected to said main step by links pivoted to the side rails of the main step and having a sliding and pivotal connec- 0 tion with the side rails of the extension-step, substantially as described.

2. An extension car-step pivotally connected by links with the sides of. the side rails of the fixed or main step, notches being formed in the side rails of the extension-step to engage the foot-boards of the main or fixed step, substantially as shown and described.

3. An extension car-step comprising footboards and side rails supporting the said footboards and provided at their rear ends with notches adapted to engage the footboards of the main or fixed step on which the extensionstep is applied, substantially as shown and described.

4. An extension car-step comprising footboards, side rails supporting the said footboards and provided at their rear ends with notches adapted to engage the foot-boards of the main or fixed step on which the extensionstep is applied, and links pivotally connecting the said side rails with the side rails of the main or fixed step, substantially as shown and described.

5. In an extension car-step, the combina- 1 

